Archive for the ‘microcaps’ Category

Tradeshow Marketing (TSHO.PK): Its [not] different this time

Both Tradeshow Marketing (TSHO.OB) and its paid mouthpiece, Skymark Research, have issued press releases pissing and moaning about Melissa Davis's article.   They call it factually inaccurate.  They threaten legal action.  But neither refutes the core facts that Davis sets forth.  I guess they can't.  Good thing for Davis that the truth is always a defense.
Tradeshow CEO [...]

5 microcaps and penny stocks to watch this week

Pulled up these charts with the century club stock screen, my tweaks to the Marketclub smart scanner.
 
1. Interleukin Genetics (Amex:ILI)
I have no idea what is going on with Interleukin Genetics, a $37M market cap. developer of genetic tests.  I know its cash-strapped, but its chart seems to be perking up.

 
2.  Insignia Systems (Nasdaq:ISIG)
In-store display provider Insignia Systems [...]

Whats up with Quepasa (QPSA.OB)?

Quepasa Corp., now trading on the OTC bulletin board under the ticker QPSA.OB, is an old friend of mine.  Twice over the past decade, I have shorted the company, and twice it dropped on cue.  A quick glance at the 10-year chart shows the spikes I faded:

Quepasa prices are starting to get caliente again.  Its [...]

Creative destruction in community banks?

Size does matter, if you are a bank.  Big banks enjoy the comfort of a government too scared to let them face the consequences of their decisions, and a federal reserve eager to shore up their balance sheets.  
This isn't a screed against the bailouts.  While I think they just kicked the can down the [...]